US ordnance team disarms more than just weapons with African partners

VICENZA, Italy – A soldier gently places his finger against a detonation switch. As quick as a lightning strike, a spark speeds down the firing wire. Less than a second later, an explosion ripples through the air, leaving behind only Read More …

India: Over 150 injured in fireworks accident at Kerala temple

A tragic fireworks accident during the Moolamkuzhi Chamundi Theyyam festival at Anjootambalam Veerarkavu Temple near Neeleswaram left more than 150 people injured late Monday night. The police on Tuesday said that10 out of 150 injured people are in serious condition. Read More …

UK: Controlled explosion on suspect device in Clydebank

An item believed to be a bomb exploding in Clydebank has been captured on video by a nearby resident. A “suspect item” was found in Overtoun Court – a high-rise block of flats – in Dalmuir on the afternoon of Read More …

Philippines: Army denounces NPA attack on soldiers in Albay relief operation

The Philippine Army (PA) strongly condemned the New People’s Army (NPA) after it allegedly attacked soldiers who were conducting relief work for victims of Severe Tropical Storm in Pio, Duran, Albay on Sunday, Oct. 27. A report reaching Camp Aguinaldo, Read More …

LEON and EOD Level 1 Exploitation Training

U.S. Marines with 9th Engineer Support Battalion (ESB), 3rd Marine Logistics Group (MLG), and U.S. Sailors with Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Mobile Unit One (EODMU-1), EOD Group One (EODGRU-1), prepare a combat rubber raiding craft during joint and bilateral littoral Read More …

Iraq: Since the beginning of 2024 explosive remnants of war kill 3, injure 7

On Monday, an informed security source revealed the toll of victims and injured due to war unexploded ordnance since the beginning of this year in the southern provinces of Iraq. The source told Shafaq News that “the accidents caused by Read More …

Ireland: Improvised explosive devices seized in Northern Dublin as man arrested

Improvised explosive devices were seized in North Dublin on Monday as one man was arrested. As part of ongoing investigations targeting organised criminal activity in North Dublin, Gardaí arrested a man and seized several improvised explosive devices on Monday morning. At Read More …

Syria: Unknown combat drones target US bases in Deir ez-Zor and Homs provinces

The US military base in Al-Omar oil field in the Deir ez-Zor province, eastern Syria, came under attack on Sunday evening by multiple kamikaze drones, local sources told Anadolu. The sirens were sounded in the area of the military base Read More …

Angola: Trained rodents detect mines for people to farm again

“If you come across a snake, it’s best not to get nervous, but to stay calm and wait for it to pass.” The instructions given by paramedic João Eduardo are alarming, especially in latitudes where certain species of viper, cobra, Read More …

How Israel can combat the threat of Hezbollah drones

Dr. Yehoshua Kalinsky recalls when he fought in the 1973 Yom Kippur War as a young officer, the Israeli soldiers were using batteries with M61 machine guns attached to them to shoot down low-flying KELT missiles from Egypt. Kalinsky, a Read More …

Somalia: Explosion in Mogadishu kills three, injures others

A landmine explosion in Mogadishu’s Karaan district killed three civilians and wounded multiple others on Saturday, local sources told Garowe Online. The IED blast occurred in the El Ali Gedi area, with the sound reverberating through nearby areas, though the Read More …

Texas: Tatum man accused of making homemade explosive devices

A Tatum man was arrested on charges that he was creating homemade explosive devices and was in possession of methamphetamine and marijuana. According to Rusk County Sheriff Johnwayne Valdez, the sheriff’s office began an investigation into allegations that Robert Martin, Read More …

Israel: One dead, over 30 wounded in Glilot truck ramming

Some 33 people were wounded to various degrees, with one succumbing to his wounds after a truck rammed into a bus stop near Glilot in central Israel on Sunday, Israeli emergency medical service Magen David Adom (MDA) reported on Sunday. Read More …

Pakistan: 8 killed, 5 wounded in suicide bombing in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

A suicide bomber detonated at a checkpoint in western Pakistan on Saturday, killing eight people and wounding five more, officials said. The bomber set off the blast from the back of a motorbike rickshaw near the town of Mir Ali Read More …

UK: Controlled detonation carried out on Guernsey’s south coast

Part of a roll bomb found on Guernsey’s south coast was detonated on Saturday morning. The ordnance was discovered at the base of a cliff in Saint’s Bay by a fisherman who reported to Guernsey Police on Friday. Police said Read More …

Israeli Air Force strikes military installations, air defense systems and missile manufacturing facilities in Iran

About 900 miles from Israel, in the early hours of Saturday, precisely 25 days after Iran’s ballistic missile attack, reports of explosions in Iran began to emerge at 2:00 AM, signaling the start of Israel’s counterattack. For over three intense Read More …

India: Security Forces recover huge cache of arms and explosives in Manipur

The security forces working in trouble torn Manipur have come up with huge success as they recovered a substantial cache of arms and explosives from the Bishnupur and Imphal West districts. In a police statement released on Friday claimed that Read More …

Israel: 3 IDF personnel killed in explosion in northern Gaza

Capt. Barak Israel Sagan was killed in action on Friday, October 25, 2024, while fighting in northern Gaza. Sagan, 22, from Petah Tikva, served as a platoon commander in the Tank Commanders Course in Battalion 196, “Bnei Or” Brigade (460). Read More …